GLES supports per-texture alpha perfectly, it was the bug in Alien Blaster that prevented nuke to be drawn correctly

alienblaster/project/jni/application/src/game.cpp

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Game::Game() {
   // for arcadeMode
   gameOverSprite = surfaceDB.loadSurface( FN_GAME_OVER );
 
-  nukeEffectSurface = surfaceDB.loadSurface( FN_NUKE_EFFECT, true );
+  nukeEffectSurface = surfaceDB.loadSurface( FN_NUKE_EFFECT );
 
   bossAlarm = Mixer::mixer().loadSample( FN_SOUND_BOSS_ALARM, 60 );
 
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ void Game::drawNukeEffect() {
 
   SDL_BlitSurface( nukeEffectSurface, 0, screen, 0 );
 
+  /*
   int randRange = (int)
     (( ((NUKE_EFFECT_DURATION / 2.0) - timeFromMaximum) * NUKE_QUAKE_EFFECT /
 	     (NUKE_EFFECT_DURATION / 2.0 ) ) + 0.5);
@@ -690,6 +691,7 @@ void Game::drawNukeEffect() {
   }
 
   SDL_BlitSurface( screen, &src, screen, &dest );
+  */
 }
 
 

alienblaster/project/jni/application/src/infoscreen.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void Infoscreen::draw() {
   SDL_Rect r;
   r.x = 250;
   r.y = 0;
-  r.w = 1;
+  r.w = 2;
   r.h = screen->h;
   SDL_FillRect(screen, &r, SDL_MapRGB(screen->format, 0, 255, 0) );
 

alienblaster/project/jni/application/src/video.cpp

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SdlCompat_AcceleratedSurface *Video::init(){
   SDL_ShowCursor(SDL_DISABLE);
 
   __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "Alien Blaster", "Initializing video done");
-  empty = surfaceDB.loadSurface(FN_ALIENBLASTER_INTRO);
+  //empty = surfaceDB.loadSurface(FN_ALIENBLASTER_INTRO);
 
   return screen;
 }
@@ -76,19 +76,17 @@ SdlCompat_AcceleratedSurface *Video::init(){
 
 void Video::clearScreen() {
   // clear the screen
-  /*
+  
   SDL_Rect r;
   r.x = 0;
   r.y = 0;
   r.w = screen->w;
   r.h = screen->h;
-  SDL_FillRect(screen, NULL, SDL_MapRGB(screen->format, 0, 0, 0) );
-  */
-  SDL_BlitSurface(empty, NULL, screen, NULL);
+  SDL_FillRect(screen, &r, SDL_MapRGB(screen->format, 0, 0, 0) );
+  //SDL_BlitSurface(empty, NULL, screen, NULL);
 }
 
 void Video::toggleFullscreen() {
-  // TODO: fix that?
   /*
   if ( fullscreen ) {
     screen = SDL_SetVideoMode( SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, BIT_DEPTH, SDL_DOUBLEBUF );